Comments on: Are CDs dead?

By: Travis Ball

Travis Ball — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:09:37 +0000

@Andrew Potterton: whats the point of blu-ray audio discs? its still a disc with audio on it, the only difference would be you could maybe put audio on them higher than the red book standard of 16bit and 44.1kHz. however, blu-ray discs as im sure you know can not be played in just any device, you would have to invest in a complete different system, most computers wont even play back a blu-ray dvd at this point in time! so really, i don't see a blu-ray audio release happing. whats more probable to catch on is audio mixed in surround.

By: chollie

chollie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:57:26 +0000

CDs are a dead business model. The digital revolution has moved on. There is much more rare, long out-of-print, music available for download now than was ever the cas with CDs. I can hold my entire collection of over 35,000 songs in the palm of my hand on a device that also allows me to download more music, record audio or shoot video at a concert, email my friends, and telephone my mother. CDs are pointless. Record/CD stores even more so. The technology is fast becoming obsolete and the business model is almost dead.

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Feral Kid Records Interview | Rapid Transit Radio — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:17:03 +0000

[...] Kid: I personally hate CDs as a musical format. To me they just seem like clutter, they don’t feel real. With the vinyl resurgence and [...]

By: Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:32:47 +0000

Arnold,

There is one thing you probably failed to take into consideration: People still like getting autographs from their favorite musicians and anyone with a bit of a brain would know that artists WON’T sign iPods or other computer drive-type devices (despite owning one themselves) so they still buy the merchandise whether CD or their T-shirts, DVDs, etc. That in itself will still ensure the CD life long after its supposed “death”…

By: Is the album dead? | New Music Strategies

Is the album dead? | New Music Strategies — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:04:45 +0000

[...] going to go out on a limb and say ‘no’ to this one, just as I said ‘no’ to the one about the CD being dead. That said, I think we’re going to have to redefine our notion of what constitutes an [...]

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links for 2008-06-02 « pabloidz — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:17:19 +0000

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By: Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:48:48 +0000

Another great post. My collection is increasingly full of rare and hard to find music now that no one holds stock – or it never ever got to vinyl. I’m a fan who is a collector and what I’m after now is the dub versions or a way to remix individual tracks and album just for me and friends.

Its is already happening and its going on CD and DVD so no CD’s have just morphed and now more valuable than ever.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:48:18 +0000

CD’s may not be dead (yet) but certainly Terribly ill and dying!
(at least store bought music CD’s that is).

Up here In Toronto Canada at least 2 larger music store chains “Sam The Record Man” and “Music World” closed their doors and went out of business in 2007 and 2008 and as a result some of my friends who happened to be either sales people or retail managers are now laid off due to stores closing because of poor sales.

I certainly would not be brave enough to write their families and try to convince them how CD’s are not dead.

For those CD stores that do survive this year or the next, you will see the CD sections shrinking and the DVD sections growing with games etc. Don’t believe me? Go visit. Until even that format dies as well within several years. (sorry, just making a prediction even though it may sound “futuristic, doom-laden or revolutionary” :)

Regarding blank CD’s how long will they survive when it is almost becoming cheaper to buy an external hard drive or memory card that holds GIG’s of stuff as opposed to a few hundred megabytes on a big round disk.

Also, do you still see many people outside walking around with those players that spin the big round disks? Well at least not where I live. Maybe a Grandma or Grandpa or two, but certainly not the majority of music listeners. They now use mp3 players or their multimedia cellphones.

Ok, so the CD is not dying, just as Vinyl did not really die either.

But then again, the 8-track cartridge (1960s to the early 1980s) did not really technically “die” either as long as they still can be found at Grandmas house and played.

But that’s really no argument for me trying to convince the world that they still have a purpose today.

By: How can you sell mp3s at gigs? | New Music Strategies

How can you sell mp3s at gigs? | New Music Strategies — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:33:17 +0000

[...] doing so. There’s nothing inherently wrong with music media in physical form. As we’ve already discussed, CDs may be on the decline in a number of areas of the market, but they’re also experiencing [...]

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:11:29 +0000

The issue is not if some people like, use and buy CDs. There are people who earn a living as blacksmiths. There are people who buy horseshoes and iron fences and fireplace pokers. But there are not as many blacksmiths in 2008 as there were in 1809 or 1908. The question is: can the CD format sell enough to support stores, labels and distributors ?